Bellaco in english
Knave
pronunciation: neɪv part of speech: noun
pronunciation: neɪv part of speech: noun
In gestures
bellaco = miscreant ; rascal ; scallywag [scalawag, -USA] ; rapscallion ; cad ; villain ; knave ; low life ; flagitious ; villainous.
Example: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.Example: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.Example: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.Example: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.Example: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.Example: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.Example: I will not open my mouth to utter a single word while I am in the company of such knaves.Example: People need to accept that they are low lifes and stop getting uppity when someone else makes a joke they can't understand.Example: Hitler is widely considered the worst humanity has to offer -- a genocidal dictator, and one of the most hateful, flagitious, murderous people who ever lived.Example: Many of the poor were villainous; to survive they had to be.more:
» mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth ; lie + straight-faced .
Example: Like the rest of the populace, either these spokespeople are willfully ignorant of the truth of atomic dangers, or they are lying through their teeth about them. Example: Democrats have worked diligently to misrepresent, misconstrue and basically lie straight-faced about that event.» trabajar como un bellaco = work + Reflexivo + to the ground ; work + Reflexivo + to death .
Example: Their poor mother worked herself to the ground all day long, didn't have two pennies to rub together, and they were always just a little bit hungry. Example: The deportees died in part starving and freezing to death in concentration camps and in part working themselves to death under a barbaric police regimen.